Ferry operator cherishes life on Maryland river
Gilbert Clark runs the Southside ferry across the Tred Avon River in Oxford Maryland. He champions a simple life, recalling four generations in the ferry trade and preferring flexible, customer driven crossings over a fixed schedule. He notes migratory geese signal the season and values his unique coastal work and scenery.
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Tred Avon
Maryland
Gilbert Clark
Shelter Island
Sag Harbor
Long Island Sound
Clark
CB sales forecast rise despite sales slump in 1976
Washington AP reports electronics industry predicts 1976 CB radio sales will reach nearly 10 million sets and retail sales above 2 billion dollars, despite a late summer fall. John Sodolski of the Electronics Industries Association notes 20 million CBs in use and 7.5 million FCC licenses issued with 300 thousand new licenses monthly.
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Washington
John Sodolski
Electronics Industries Association
Sodolski
Federal Communications Commission
Cbs
FCC
Couple victims of King Kong mania in Akron Ohio
Coleman and Katherine Powers report a surge of prank calls tied to a new King Kong film event. The Cleveland Free Clinic sponsors a Dec 17 benefit showing while locals struggle with hundreds of calls daily and nights, despite requests to stop.
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Akron
Ohio
AP Coleman
Katherine Powers
New York City
Cleveland
Navy weighs returning to bell bottom uniforms
Adm. James L. Holloway III ordered a preliminary study on reverting to the old bell bottom jumper and white hat ensembles. Sailors prefer the traditional look and find the new coats and peaked caps hard to maintain on small ships, while officials seek cost and interest data before any change.
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Washington
Navy
Adm
James L. Holloway III
Naval Operations
Holloway
Pacific
Personnel Bureau
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
Zumwalt
Communities survive without police in Oaxaca villages
The report describes Zapotec Indian communities in Oaxaca Valley that live with minimal formal law enforcement and imprisonment. Led by Vanderbilt's Dr. John Paddock, the anti violent groups rely on shared community responsibility and strict child rearing to curb crime, producing peaceful, land-holding communities despite poverty and disputes.
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Judith Kinnard
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Mexico
Vanderbilt University
John Paddock
Paddock
Institute of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico City
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